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Post by chadwilliam on Feb 14, 2016 23:57:51 GMT -5
After Bruce Wayne's parents were killed, he was raised by a kindly old lady named Mrs. Chilton who held a dark secret she shared with no one. 
Speaking of Batman and secrets, for 22 years Jimmy Olsen knew Batman was Bruce Wayne, because Batman was in a good mood one day and simply decided to tell him.
Oh, and according to Action Comics 73, Clark Kent collects antique clocks. Yeah, not too startling, but who knew? |
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 15, 2016 0:06:22 GMT -5
It's not exactly obscure, but I've always appreciated the fact that Steve Rogers is an artist. During the Gruenwald run, Steve got a job working for Marvel Comics drawing issues of Captain America. There was also a story in Avengers around the same time, by Roger Stern, where Cap used his drawing skills to basically do a police sketch during a case while interviewing a witness. I really dug that little detail, using a bit of Steve's unique character stuff to enhance the story.
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Post by foxley on Feb 15, 2016 0:56:59 GMT -5
After Bruce Wayne's parents were killed, he was raised by a kindly old lady named Mrs. Chilton who held a dark secret she shared with no one.
Speaking of Batman and secrets, for 22 years Jimmy Olsen knew Batman was Bruce Wayne, because Batman was in a good mood one day and simply decided to tell him.
Oh, and according to Action Comics 73, Clark Kent collects antique clocks. Yeah, not too startling, but who knew? That always bugged me. Jimmy knew Batman's secret identity, but not Superman's?! I call shenanigans! If the Crisis did one good thing, it was erasing this piece of foolishness. |
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Post by tolworthy on Feb 15, 2016 2:23:04 GMT -5
 Johnny Storm only had four girlfriends before he married Alicia, and they all dumped him. They were: Dorrie Evans: just got tired of him. Crystal: he wasn't there when she needed him. Quicksilver was. Frankie: dumped him because she did not like his habit of ignoring her. Later she gave him another chance, but soon decided she preferred Galactus. Lorrie (in the 190s): she found him interesting as a celebrity, but soon lost interest when she got to know him. (And if we accept the retcon, the only person who could stand being with him was a Skrull) Jophny's "ladies man" persona started as light hearted comedy relief: he had cringe-inducing chat up lines and a complete inability to attract girls. Later it became black comedy: as he matured he did attract girls, but they never stuck around. He was not a happy matchstick. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 15, 2016 2:42:00 GMT -5
I read a few stories dealing with a Golden Age character named Supersnipe. He was billed as The Boy With The Most Comic Books In America. He started out as a back up feature in Street and Smith's The Shadow comic book and graduated to his own series that lasted 44 issues. He basically daydreamed about being a superhero fighting crime and the Nazis. Interestingly, in his own book, his stories ran a full 32 pages and I believe was the first single character to have his tales told at that full length    |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 15, 2016 7:22:58 GMT -5
Johnny Storm only had four girlfriends before he married Alicia, and they all dumped him. They were: Dorrie Evans: just got tired of him. Crystal: he wasn't there when she needed him. Quicksilver was. Frankie: dumped him because she did not like his habit of ignoring her. Later she gave him another chance, but soon decided she preferred Galactus. Lorrie (in the 190s): she found him interesting as a celebrity, but soon lost interest when she got to know him. (And if we accept the retcon, the only person who could stand being with him was a Skrull) Jophny's "ladies man" persona started as light hearted comedy relief: he had cringe-inducing chat up lines and a complete inability to attract girls. Later it became black comedy: as he matured he did attract girls, but they never stuck around. He was not a happy matchstick. Years ago I went through my collection to count his Girlfriends , too. I was surprised there were only that many( on camera, anyway). I feel That Lorrie was hurried off the stage for the John Byrne run because of the quick way she dumped him in the last panel of #231. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 15, 2016 7:24:31 GMT -5
I read a few stories dealing with a Golden Age character named Supersnipe. He was billed as The Boy With The Most Comic Books In America. He started out as a back up feature in Street and Smith's The Shadow comic book and graduated to his own series that lasted 44 issues. He basically daydreamed about being a superhero fighting crime and the Nazis. Interestingly, in his own book, his stories ran a full 32 pages and I believe was the first single character to have his tales told at that full length I thought the boy with the most comics was Cei-U.  |
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Post by foxley on Feb 15, 2016 7:32:03 GMT -5
Clubs that Bruce Wayne is a member of: - The Card Club (Detective #85)
- The Crocus Club (Detective #109)
- The Yacht Club (Batman #49)
- The Hobby Horse (a club for collectors) (Batman #54)
- The Court Club (World's Finest #57)
- The Death-Cheater's Club (Batman #72)
- The Explorer's Club (World's Finest #60)
- The Troy Club (World's Finest #64)
- The Stamp Club (Batman #78)
- The Gotham Beach Club (World's Finest #66)
- The Millionaire's Club (Batman #98)
- The Sportsman's Club (Batman #134)
- The Pharaoh Club (Detective #304)
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 15, 2016 9:04:47 GMT -5
Interestingly, in his own book, his stories ran a full 32 pages and I believe was the first single character to have his tales told at that full length Nope. The Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman all starred in full-length stories in the early issues of their solo titles, some of them a whopping 50+ pages. Cei-U! I summon the precedent! |
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Post by Confessor on Feb 15, 2016 10:03:17 GMT -5
Mary Jane Watson's a Bob Dylan fan. In Amazing Spider-Man #65 (from 1968) upon seeing how dejected Harry Osborne looks, she comments that he looks like he lost his "last thrillin' Dylan disc!" Presumably, this means that MJ's a big fan of the Bobster herself.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Feb 15, 2016 10:08:14 GMT -5
Mary Jane Watson's a Bob Dylan fan. In Amazing Spider-Man #65 (from 1968) upon seeing how she dejected Harry Osborne looks, she comments that he looks like he lost his "last thrillin' Dylan disc!" Presumably, this means that MJ's a big fan of the Bobster herself. I'm a Dylan fan myself, but somehow I don't think even MJ could go-go dance to "Desolation Row." |
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Post by Confessor on Feb 15, 2016 10:19:38 GMT -5
Mary Jane Watson's a Bob Dylan fan. In Amazing Spider-Man #65 (from 1968) upon seeing how she dejected Harry Osborne looks, she comments that he looks like he lost his "last thrillin' Dylan disc!" Presumably, this means that MJ's a big fan of the Bobster herself. I'm a Dylan fan myself, but somehow I don't think even MJ could go-go dance to "Desolation Row." No, but you should see that chick go-go to "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Va-va-voom! |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Feb 15, 2016 10:22:06 GMT -5
I'm a Dylan fan myself, but somehow I don't think even MJ could go-go dance to "Desolation Row." No, but you should see that chick go-go to "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Va-va-voom! If you want to make people angry on YouTube (Because who wouldn't?) claim that Bob Dylan invented rap with Subterranean Homesick Blues.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 15, 2016 13:14:40 GMT -5
The Clint Barton Hawkeye was the only Superhero that had a disability that had nothing to do with a power( Hearing loss). It was undone by the Heroes return Franklin Richards Reset.
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Post by tolworthy on Feb 15, 2016 13:21:02 GMT -5
Mary Jane Watson's a Bob Dylan fan. Reminds me of the claim (in the FF annual 1 text backup feature) that Johnny Storm's hobby is listening to jazz. Johnny's music has never been hinted at in the comics, where his hobbies were fixing cars and attempting to get dates. (As far as I can tell that backup was written by Flo Steinberg, not Stan). What is the general opinion here of official handbooks, "powers explained" pages, etc? I don't want to derail this excellent thread, so will just say I am very pleased to see everybody here has cited the actual comics. |
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